Accession No

1948.2367 B


Description

Mhoros. Knife with a curved iron blade and wooden handle. The blade has a tang with a roughly squared cross-section. The handle has a circular cross-section with a flared terminal and is bound at the blade end with strips of iron held in place with metal rivets.


Place

Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda


Period


Source

Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1948.2367 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Metal; Iron


Local Term

mhoro


Measurements

530mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1948.2367 A-B reads: 'Two "mhoros" or iron sickle-like knives used for everything.
A: Large and heavy, thick blackish handle bound with iron. The shaft fits into this and the blade is curved like a small sickle, and then broadens into a knife below curve.
B: Similar but smaller and lighter.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Mhoros. Knife with a curved iron blade and wooden handle. The blade has a tang with a roughly squared cross-section. The handle has a circular cross-section with a flared terminal and is bound at the blade end with strips of iron held in place with metal rivets.
Event Date 28/11/2022
Author: maa


FM:300274

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